Islamabad, September 14, 2025: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a comprehensive relief package for people affected by recent rains and floods, including a waiver of residential electricity bills in disaster-hit districts.
In a televised address to the nation, the prime minister said the unprecedented flooding had caused widespread devastation, inflicting heavy losses on homes, livestock, and livelihoods. He assured citizens that the government was fully aware of their hardships and would take all possible measures to provide immediate relief.
“Helping the flood victims is our duty,” PM Shehbaz said. “Household consumers will not have to pay the August electricity bill. Those who have already paid will be refunded in the upcoming billing cycle.”
Under the package, one month’s bills for residential consumers in affected districts will be waived, while collection of August bills from commercial and industrial consumers has been deferred. The federal government will bear the financial burden of these measures.
The prime minister said rescue and relief operations were continuing with the active support of the armed forces, federal agencies, and provincial governments. He pledged that rehabilitation would continue until every displaced family could return home safely.
“Our mothers, sisters, and daughters are still under the open sky,” Shehbaz noted, promising that the government would not rest until the affected people were “rehabilitated with dignity.”
He further said that detailed assessments of agricultural, commercial, and industrial losses were underway and that the government would provide targeted support for recovery in those sectors as well.
